Hair-clasping device



B. E- BEADLE.

HAIR CLASPING DEVICE.

APPLICATION HLED JAN. 20. 1922.

INVENTOR Maw BY 7M- ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 7, .1122.

par a IBLANCHE ELSIE BEADLE, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR 01E (DRE-HALF T0 RUSSELL A. BEADLE, 0F SYRINGFIELD, MASSAGHUSET'I'S.

HAIR-CLASPING DEVICE.

Original appllcationttted November 17, 1920, $erial No. 4243M. Divided and this application filed Jannary ac, iaaa. Serial lt'o. teases.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Bnnncian E. Brianna, a citizen of the United States residing at Springfield in the county of T-liampden and State of Massachusetts, ave invented new and useful Improvements in Hair-Claspmg Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved hair-clasping device which may be used for a curler, barrette, or analogous purposes,

' and constitutes an improvement upon the construction disclosed in my U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,363,033, granted Dec. 21, 1920. This application is a division of my copending application Serial No. 424,718, filed Nov. 17, 1920. t

It is desirable in devices of this character to provide means for positively retaining the parts in latched position and prevent them from becoming dlsen aged and at the same time provide a simp e and easily manipulated form of latching mechanlsm which will not become entangled in the hair and which, while securely holding the parts against accidental isengagement, can be readily released when desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character having means for latching the free ends of the arms together in such a manner as to prevent longitudinal movement of one arm relative to the other and thus insuring that they be held in latched position.

Other objects and advantages of the improved construction will be apparent from the following detailed description of the structure and its mode of operation.

Referring to the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the device, showing the parts in their normally expanded position;

.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a modified form of latching mechanism, showin the position of the parts when the latch 1s released; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the structure shown in Fig. 2, showing the parts in latched position.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated herewith, 1 designates the main body portion of the device, which is preferably formed of a strip of resilient material bent uponitselt to form two resilient arms 2 and 3 of substantially equal length. These arms are connected-by a loop-shaped portion 4:, which is of such form as to materially enhance the resiliency of the arms and to permit the same to have a wider range of movement than would be otherwise possible. The spring-arms 2 and 3 normally diverge somewhat as they extend from the loop-shaped portion, as shown in Fig. 1, and the arm 2 is provided with an eye 5 adjacent the free end thereof, which may, if desired be formed from a separate piece of material suitably secured to the free end of the arm, but

which, in the present instance, is formed by bending over a portion of the free end of the arm. A guard loop 6 is pivotally mounted in the eye 5 and is capable of swinging freely therein for engagement with and disengagement from the free end of the arm 3.

The guard loop 6 is formed with its sides 7 inclined slightly towards each other as they extend from the eye 5, whereby the outwardly-extending portion of the guard loop is of less width than the portion positioned within the eye 5, to better engage recessed notches 8 formed'in opposite sides of the narrowed end portion 9 of the free end of the arm 3 and thus hold the arms against relative longitudinal movement when the parts are in latched position: The extreme end of the arm 3 is preferably outturned slightly, as indicated at 10.

It is to be understood that various changes may be made in the shape and arrangement of the parts shown and described without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What I claim is,- a

1. A hair-clasping device, comprising, an elongated strip of resilient material bent upon itself to form normally divergent arms, one of said arms being provided adjacent its free end with a recess in a side edge thereof, and a guard loop pivotally supported by the free end of the other of said arms and having a portion for engaging the recess formed in the first-named arm when the guard loop is turned to operatively engage the said first-named arm.

2. A hair-clasping device, comprising, an

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elongated strip of resilient material bent upon itself to form normally divergent arms,

one of said arms being provided adjacent its free end with recesses in its side edges, and a member pivotally supported by' the free end of the other of said arms and engageable over the first-named arm to latch the arms together and also engageable in said recesses to prevent relative longitudinal movement of said arms.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

BLANCHE ELSIE. BEADLE. 

